CVE-2016-9427 — Vulnetix

CVE-2016-9427 PUBLISHED

Integer overflow vulnerability in bdwgc before 2016-09-27 allows attackers to cause client of bdwgc denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via huge allocation.

EPSS 3.57% · 88.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

3.57%

88.0th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	libgc	0, 1:7.2d-5ubuntu1, 1:7.2d-5ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	libgc	1:7.4.2-7.2, 0, *

Exploit Intelligence

openSUSE-SU-2016:3126 (circl)
https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135 (circl)
94407 (circl)
openSUSE-SU-2016:3177 (circl)
[oss-security] 20161118 Re: CVE request: w3m - multiple vulnerabilities (circl)
[debian-lts-announce] 20220330 [SECURITY] [DLA 2966-1] libgc security update (circl)

Timeline

Dec 11, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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Oct 29, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9427 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/135 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3197-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9427 third-party-advisory

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